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March 5, 2024 – Open records initiatives could benefit from a matching challenge grant recently presented to the MPC Endowment, which is the charitable affiliate of the Milwaukee Press Club. A club member who wishes to remain anonymous will match

12:03 P.M. CST THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  Thank you.  And to our Labor Secretary, thank you so very much for your work. So, it’s great to be back in Madison.  Mayor, I want to thank you for your leadership.  And thanks for

Madison, WI – Today, Vice President Kamala Harris and Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su visit Madison to tout the latest Executive Order expanding registered apprenticeship programs. With yet another visit to the Badger State, it’s clear how desperate the administration is

oan Ballweg announced today that she will run for re-election in the 14th Senate District. “I’m excited to run for re-election in the 14th Senate District,” said Ballweg. “Since first being elected, I’ve worked to bring common-sense, rural values to Madison, fought

Madison, WI – Vice President Harris visited the future site of a new Metro Transit electric bus facility in Madison today to talk about the expansion of trade training opportunities and a new executive order. The administration’s clean energy plan has led to $920 million

MADISON – Senator Robert Cowles (R-Green Bay) released the following statement after the Governor signed Senate Bill 895 into law as 2023 Wisconsin Act 102, directing funding to a series of capital projects at University of Wisconsin-System campuses, across the

Ashwaubenon, Wis. – Today, Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA) Secretary Kathy Blumenfeld toured the recently completed affordable workforce housing development funded through a $4.7 million Neighborhood Investment Fund grant from Governor Evers. The Secretary met with Ashwaubenon village leaders and executives from

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s PowerXchange annual meeting in San Antonio, Texas that USDA is moving forward on clean energy investments in 23 states to reduce pollution and

IOWA COUNTY, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Justice today announced that Philip G. Schmidt-Way, 29, of Loveland, Colo., was sentenced to life with the ability to petition for extended supervision after 20 years for the murder of his grandmother

MADISON, WI – MacIver Institute CEO Annette Olson released the following statement following the Biden administration’s announcement of a new rule to expand the current government price controls on credit card late fees: “Price controls always create winners and losers in the marketplace.

MADISON, Wis. — Following yesterday’s Super Tuesday primary elections in several states, MAGA faction leader Donald Trump, who spurred the violent and deadly January 6 insurrection after overwhelmingly losing the 2020 election and is facing 91 criminal charges against him, appears

WASHINGTON D.C. —  Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) led a bipartisan press conference on legislation the pair introduced

MADISON, Wis. – Opportunity Wisconsin Program Director Meghan Roh released the following statement following the passage of six appropriations bills ahead of this week’s deadline: “After months of gridlock and dysfunction created by Republicans in Congress, the House finally passed six initial

MADISON, WI – On March 5, 2024, Senate Bill 568–relating to: creating a task force on missing and murdered African American women and girls was removed from the Senate Committee on Government Operations and was re-referred to the Senate Committee

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MADISON, Wis.—Today, more than 150 outstanding undergraduate student researchers from across the Universities of Wisconsin, together with their faculty advisers, shared their research findings with state legislators, state business and nonprofit leaders, UW alumni, and other supporters at the UW’s

Monday’s release by the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) of their initial draft  proposal for a set of Tranche 2 transmission solutions and the potential number of projects in  Wisconsin makes it even more important for the Wisconsin State Senate

Stephanie Bloomingdale, President of the Wisconsin AFL-CIO, released the following statement as Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of Labor Julie Su visit Wisconsin: “On the eve of the State of the Union Address, Vice President Kamala Harris is back in Wisconsin

CONTACT: info@jamiewall.com GREEN BAY, WI – Alongside local elected officials, supporters, and community members, Green Bay small business owner Jamie Wall announced his bid for the newly-drawn 30th State Senate District. “I’m proud to launch my campaign in the community I

The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) has secured an historic legal victory against the Biden Administration. A federal judge has just declared unconstitutional the racially discriminatory federal laws creating the Minority Business Development Agency. This agency,